Health Insurance Premium Growth Slows
Health insurance premiums are growing at a reduced rate, despite increased utilization and higher costs, while health insurance plans' efforts are easing drug cost increases.
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Health insurance premiums are growing at a reduced rate, despite increased utilization and higher costs, while health insurance plans' efforts are easing drug cost increases.
Health insurance plans' cutting edge information technology (IT) strategies are adding value to health care for employers, health care practitioners and individuals.
The nation's leading broker for individual and family health insurance plans that qualify to work with Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), released a comprehensive report on HSAs.
Struggling to provide affordable health insurance plans, individuals and employers have seen Health Savings Accounts (HSA) to have become and important insurance option for some.
Growing number of health insurance providers are starting to pay doctors for the time they spend dealing with patients' medical problems via the Internet.
Health insurance plan "makes financial sense, ... though CEOs are concerned it could put a strain on the state's budget.
The skyrocketing cost of health insurance premiums forces many businesses (some of them not small) into the decision of offering health care insurance or staying in business.
Generosity of health insurance plans varies widely by state; Urban states get more for their premium dollar.
The individual health insurance market provides the choice and protection consumers want and need at affordable prices.
There is an individual health insurance market with considerable experience meeting millions of Americans' health insurance needs.
Higher income adults without health insurance are nearly as likely as lower income adults without insurance to not use recommended health care services.
Disability insurance policies are not as widely held or as commonly discussed as life or health insurance policies, therefore not making it a popular affordable insurance option.
The efforts include an inexpensive health insurance plan geared to those making less than $50,000 a year.
The employer based health insurance system that was stable for decades is cracking, and the solutions for remedying it all have problems.
Most health insurance plans only cover children until the age of 19, with the age extended for full time students.
One of five working age adults is paying off medical debt; nearly 60% of uninsured adults with chronic illness skip pills due to cost, many end up in ER or hospital.
Given the troubling trends in health insurance nationwide, federal regulators need to take a hard look at whether patients are being harmed as mergers and takeovers reduce the number of competing health insurers.
Health insurance is not affordable for 45 million people nationwide.
The landmark health insurance legislation will make health care coverage more affordable for working families and small businesses in the state.
Short term health insurance plans are an ideal alternative for people in a similar situations.
New research shows parents are concerned about health insurance but unaware of affordable options.
The U.S. government should create a national health care system that provides a certain level of affordable health insurance to all residents.
The remarkable reduction in the number of competing health insurance plans is troubling for doctors and patients, as competition drives innovation and efficiency in the health care system.
More than half of young adults in the U.S. lacked health insurance for at least one month between 2002 and 2003.
There have been more than 400 health care insurance mergers during the past decade.
The company will reduce the waiting period for part time employees to qualify for health insurance.
Long wait times can deter poor and ill patients without health insurance from receiving safety net care.
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36% of health insurance executives said they believed health savings accounts/high deductible plans will see the most significant growth, followed by minimed plans (13%) and Medicare/Medicaid advantage plans (12%).
This health insurance survey is attempting to compare the usage of users of traditional healthcare insurance plans and newer, consumer directed healthcare plans.